31.   Inventing legal and semilegal tax dodges, in fact, has become a favorite pastime for the rich and powerful.

32.   It is their favorite pastime, more than the Well-Pitched Game, the Little-Ball Display or any other variation of baseball.

33.   It was the equivalent of saying your favorite band was Air Supply or your favorite pastime was collecting butterflies.

34.   Lohnes, a native of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and a former competitive curler, brought his favorite pastime to his new home.

35.   Nevertheless, judging capitalism by the standards of communism is a favorite pastime of economists.

36.   Now, a favorite pastime of weekend strollers along Seventh Avenue is examining the latest listings in the windows of real estate agencies.

37.   Offered for your edification is this informative, if somewhat irreverent, multiple-choice quiz on the favorite American pastime not currently on strike.

38.   On Wall Street, where speculation about deals is a favorite pastime, several analysts said that such a merger makes sense.

39.   Online banking has a growing number of fans but it has yet to become a favorite indoor pastime.

40.   Our two favorite pastimes are eating and dieting.